(Ottawa – May 26, 2025) – Deeply concerned with the impact of the previous government’s permissive approach to nicotine vaping products, tobacco control organizations are calling on the new government to quickly align controls on this market with those used for tobacco. As part of these important reforms, they are asking for regulations to ban…
Ottawa, October 4, 2024 – With the clock running out on this parliament, Canada’s major tobacco control agencies today condemned the continued delay of a national ban on flavours in vaping products. They called on Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks to immediately finalize this important regulation or to step down so that someone else can complete…
Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada joined other health agencies and concerned Canadians in applauding the Health Minister for ordering Imperial Tobacco (British American Tobacco) to change the way it markets nicotine pouches in Canada “The measures announced today will put these novel nicotine products where they belong: behind the pharmacist’s counter,” said executive director Cynthia…
MONTREAL, OTTAWA and EDMONTON. The Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control, Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada and Action on Smoking & Health (ASH Canada) are disappointed by the joint statement issued on World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) by the Minister of Health, the Hon. Mark Holland, and the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, the Hon. Ya’ara Saks. The ministers’ silence on key issues has…
This week (November 17th) is the deadline for contributions to Health Canada’s legislative review of the federal tobacco law. The Minister is required by law to table a biennial report on the “provisions and operations” of the law no later that May 23, 2024. This post reports on the key recommendations contained in our response to…
Health organizations call on federal government to take immediate action Ottawa, November 14, 2023 – Health Canada has approved the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches by Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. in such a way that the products can be legally sold to children of any age. Moreover, Imperial Tobacco can promote these products on TV or…
For many decades, health regulators have focused on cigarette smoking as their indicator of tobacco and nicotine use. Around the world, statistical agencies ask variations of the questions “do you smoke cigarettes?” “when did you start smoking cigarettes?” “how many cigarettes do you smoke?” and use the answers to assess the success or failure of their…
Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, September 26, 2023 – A new Leger poll finds that there is strong public support (70%) for provinces to use their lawsuits against tobacco companies to mandate a phase out of the commercial sale of cigarettes in Canada. The survey was conducted from August 30 to September 9 among 2,709 Canadians. The…
PRESS RELEASE HEALTH GROUPS URGE PROVINCES TO PRIORITIZE TOBACCO VICTIMS’ CLAIMS AND CALL ON THEM TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY. Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, September 20, 2023 – Next week on September 27, 2023, Canadian tobacco companies will ask Ontario’s Chief Justice for another six-month reprieve from lawsuits…
On Tuesday this week, Health Canada made public its decision to issue a natural health food license to a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. As a result, British American Tobacco has become the first manufacturer to be authorized to market nicotine pouches in Canada. This federal license, issued on July 18, 2023, allows BAT/Nicoventures authority to…